Museum Provenance

Think of these stylish adornments as future heirlooms whose creative design and artisan workmanship will be cherished by succeeding generations. Our gemstone jewelry celebrates more than 10,000 gems and jewelry pieces in the National Gem Collection of our National Museum of Natural History, while our selection of sterling silver and woven copper ensembles is inspired by jewelry curated in the costume collections of our National Museum of American History and our Renwick Gallery.

Every Smithsonian purchase will arrive with a museum provenance card explaining how it is adapted from or
inspired by an object or objects in our collection.